The Vice Chancellor, University of Jos, Prof. Tanko Shaya says the university lost two of its students to the recent unrest that engulfed parts of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau. He disclosed this during a news conference on Thursday in Jos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that on March 29, gunmen attacked Angwan Rukuba community, killed some persons and injured many others. Angwan Rukuba is a community where many staff and students at the university lives.
The incident prompted the State Government to immediately impose a 48-hour curfew. However, the violence spread to other communities as soon as the curfew was relaxed on April 1.
The vice chancellor also said that four other students and one member staff of the institution were injured and currently receiving treatment in the hospital.
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He identified the deceased as Abel Gershon, a 300-level student of Building Department and Adeyomo Temitope, a 500-level student of Quantity Survey Department.
“Abel Gershon was shot in his stomach on March 29 and was at the Intensive Care Unit of the Jos University Teaching Hospital, JUTH, unfortunately, he died on Sunday, April 5.
“Adeyomo Temitope left the campus alone on April 1 and found himself in violence area of Bauchi Road, he was shot and macheted to death by hoodlums.
“So, we have a total of five members of the university community affected by the incident; four students and one staff member, “he said.
The vice chancellor sympathized with the immediate families of the deceased and said that those in the hospital were responding to treatment.
Ishaya, maintained that the April 13 resumption date for students was sacrosanct, saying that measures had been taken to beef up security within the university and its immediate host communities.
He insisted that the university was safe, pointing out that none of its campuses had never been attacked since the inception of crises in Plateau.
He appealed to parents and guardians to ensure that their wards returned to campus to enable them to conclude their first semester examination and commence the second semester.
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